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Michael Widlansky Lab

Michael Widlansky, MD, MPH

Michael E. Widlansky, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Medicine
Principal Investigator
mwidlans@mcw.edu

The Widlansky laboratory work is currently focused on the roles of mircroRNA-29, mitochondrial fission proteins, and the microbiome in the regulation of human vascular endothelial function. It also focuses on studying novel mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in diabetes. His work tests these novel mechanistic insights to determine their relevance to human vascular pathophysiology. In addition, the Widlansky laboratory studies the impact of dietary, pharmacological, and exercise-based interventions on vascular function persons with and without disease. The laboratory also has formed a human vascular research core to foster collaboration with investigators from other disciplines interested in the impact of vascular function on disease states relevant to their fields of interest.

Meet Our Team

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Jingli Wang, MD, PhD

Research Scientist II

jiwang@mcw.edu

(414) 955-6777

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Justin Westhoff

Research Technologist I

jwesthoff@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7436

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Rong Ying, MD

Research Technologist II

riying@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7436

Alumni/Former Trainees

  • Benjamin Hofeld
  • Mobin Malik
  • V. K. Puppala
  • Tisha Suboc
  • Mike Tanner
  • Sudhi Tyagi

Recent Publications

  • (Do Couto N, Hidde M, Grigoriadis G, Sparapani R, Durand M, Widlansky M, Jankowski C, Berendt M, Canales B, Golus S, Norwood Toro LE, Laud P, Kong A, Hoskins K, Lewandowski D, Phillips SA, Gutterman DD, Kriegel AJ, Beyer KMM, Beyer AM, Stolley M.) Cardiooncology. 2025 Aug 21;11(1):75 PMID: 40841694 PMCID: PMC12369258 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105014033548 08/22/2025

  • (Liu Y, Pandey R, Qiu Q, Liu P, Xue H, Wang J, Therani B, Ying R, Usa K, Grzybowski M, Yang C, Mishra MK, Greene AS, Cowley AW Jr, Rao S, Geurts AM, Widlansky ME, Liang M.) Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 17;16(1):6577 PMID: 40675959 PMCID: PMC12271514 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105011067559 07/18/2025

  • (Wolfgram DF, Grassl I, Seigworth C, Widlansky ME, Gao Y.) Hemodial Int. 2025 Jul;29(3):346-353 PMID: 40155364 PMCID: PMC12289419 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105001140356 03/29/2025

  • (Nishijima Y, Hader SN, Birch EC, Chen Y, Widlansky ME, Beyer AM.) Cardiovasc Res. 2025 May 23;121(5):699-701 PMID: 39943809 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105006564276 02/13/2025

  • (Ray A, Yang C, Stelloh C, Tutaj M, Liu P, Liu Y, Qiu Q, Auer PL, Lin CW, Widlansky ME, Geurts AM, Cowley AW Jr, Liang M, Kwitek AE, Greene AS, Rao S.) Hypertension. 2025 Mar;82(3):476-488 PMID: 39723540 PMCID: PMC12236357 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85213707759 12/26/2024

  • (He L, Liu Y, Widlansky ME, Kriegel AJ, Qiu Q, Liang M.) Hypertension. 2025 Feb;82(2):181-184 PMID: 39633557 PMCID: PMC11893092 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85211732398 12/05/2024

  • (Cai C, Choy JS, He G, Widlansky ME, Kassab GS, Fan L.) Computers in Biology and Medicine. October 2025;197 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105016314044 10/01/2025

  • (Wilcox T, Widlansky ME, Westhoff J, Wang J, Ying R, Thorgerson A, Roberts ML.) Protein Science. June 2025;34(6) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105005279729 06/01/2025

  • (Palathinkara M, Aljadah M, Thorgerson A, Dawson AZ, Widlansky ME.) Front Nutr. 2025;12:1495633 PMID: 40093880 PMCID: PMC11906339 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-86000721426 03/17/2025

  • (Liu Y, Pandey R, Qiu Q, Liu P, Xue H, Wang J, Therani B, Ying R, Usa K, Grzybowski M, Yang C, Mishra MK, Greene AS, Cowley AW Jr, Rao S, Geurts AM, Widlansky ME, Liang M.) bioRxiv. 2024 Oct 14 PMID: 39463975 PMCID: PMC11507733 10/28/2024

  • (Aljadah M, Khan N, Beyer AM, Chen Y, Blanker A, Widlansky ME.) JACC Adv. 2024 Aug;3(8):101070 PMID: 39055276 PMCID: PMC11269277 07/26/2024

  • (Aljadah M, Khan N, Beyer AM, Chen Y, Blanker A, Widlansky ME.) Jacc Advances. August 2024;3(8) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85197318304 08/01/2024